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MixedFormer U.S. President Barack Obama "gave" Iran $1.7 billion in cash in 2016, sending pallets of money to the country.SnopesMay 11, 2026TrueA U.S. airport sniffer dog found at least 100 pork and chicken sandwiches from 7-Eleven in Thailand in a traveler's luggage.SnopesMay 11, 2026FalseSocial Security checks have officially been renamed "federal benefit payments."SnopesMay 10, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a sexist 1952 advertisement for Calm-a-Lot tranquilizer tablets that asked, "Is your wife getting hysterical again?"SnopesMay 10, 2026TrueRobert Morris, a former spiritual adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was released from an Oklahoma jail in early 2026 after serving six months for sexually abusing a 12-year-old.SnopesMay 10, 2026TrueIn 2022, a user on X — then known as Twitter — posted: "2023: Corona ended … 2026: Hantavirus."SnopesMay 9, 2026FalseAn image authentically showed a memo from the White House's chief butler accusing staff of stealing cutlery and tableware.SnopesMay 9, 2026FalseGasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”Said by Donald TrumpPolitiFactMay 9, 2026FalseCongress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”Said by Byron DonaldsPolitiFactMay 9, 2026TrueRepublicans “want you to pay $1 Billion for a ballroom.”Said by Marcy KapturPolitiFactMay 8, 2026FalseHantavirus is a side effect of Pfizer's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, according to Pfizer's own internal document listing side effects.SnopesMay 8, 2026FalseAs of spring 2026, HIV is curable.SnopesMay 8, 2026FalseU.S. Sen. Joni Ernst confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a Senate hearing, demanded that he show a Combat Action Badge, revealed that he lied about combat experience and referred him for a "stolen valor" investigation.SnopesMay 8, 2026FalseIn May 2026, Pope Leo XIV called evangelist Franklin Graham U.S. President Donald Trump's "puppet" on live TV.SnopesMay 8, 2026TrueReporting from May 2026 accurately claimed that Google Chrome silently installed a 4-gigabyte artificial intelligence model on users' devices without consent, and that the model reinstalls itself if deleted.SnopesMay 8, 2026FalseProposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”Said by Liz KruegerPolitiFactMay 8, 2026False“California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”Said by X postsPolitiFactMay 8, 2026FalseAn image authentically shows a woman named Laree Chante attending the 2026 Met Gala in a dress made of newspaper articles about Jeffrey Epstein.SnopesMay 7, 2026FalseA court sentenced a teenager to 452 years in prison, as seen in a video that circulated in May 2026.SnopesMay 7, 2026TrueFBI Director Kash Patel provides personalized bottles of bourbon as gifts to staff and civilians.SnopesMay 7, 2026FalseBefore the May 2026 outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship, hantavirus had never spread from one person to another.SnopesMay 7, 2026FalseVideos authentically show Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wearing a Palestinian flag at a United Nations event with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.SnopesMay 7, 2026TrueThe U.S. Geological Survey announced a massive lithium deposit in the Appalachian Mountains, large enough to replace years of imports of the mineral.SnopesMay 7, 2026TrueVivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor in 2026, once said, "Ohio is a good state; I can't say it's the best state."SnopesMay 7, 2026